Racial Conflict
Sylvanus Smith (1831–1911)
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Sylvanus Smith, once described in a city directory as a “hog driver,” was a free black...
Dorsie Willis (1886-1977)
Of the 167 enlisted black soldiers of the 25th Infantry discharged from the U.S. Army “without honor” by order of...
William Henry Calhoun (1890–1967)
“Image Courtesy of The Black Heritage Society of Washington” Dr. William Henry Calhoun, a prominent early 20th century Seattle, Washington...
People’s Baptist Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (1873- )
People’s Baptist Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, thrived for the first half of the 20th century as the state’s first...
John Berry Meachum (1789-1854)
John Berry Meachum was a businessman, a founder of the oldest black church in Missouri, and a pioneer in the...
John Wayne Niles (1842 — ?)
Nicodemus Street Scene, ca. 1885 “Image Ownership: Public Domain” John W. Niles was one of the founders of Nicodemus, Kansas,...
William Henry Twine (1862-1933)
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” William Henry Twine is best known as the crusading civil rights attorney and editor of two...
John Sella Martin (1832-1876)
John Sella Martin, who eventually became an influential minister, was born enslaved in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 27, 1832,...
Elizabeth Evelyn Wright (1872-1906)
College founder Elizabeth Evelyn Wright was born on August 18, 1872 into a large family near Talbotton, Georgia. Her parents...
